Necktie-fastener



(No Model.)

E. C. SOHN.

NEGKTIE PASTENER. No. 455,801. Patented J111y"14',`1891.

` I Egli/arg cfa/viv @f/@Ma SH01/man UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDW'ARD C. SOHN, OF-GALESBURG, ILLINOIS.

NE-oKTlE-FAsTt-:NER-

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 455,801, dated July 14, 1891.

Y Application filed April 9, 1891. Serial No. 388,264. (No model.)

i clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making apart of this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in necktie-holders; and

-it has for its objects, among vot-hers, to providean improved cheap. simple, and efficient device of this character applicable to either a gentlemans or ladys collar, and which can be applied either before or after the collar is buttoned to the shirt. I form the holder of a Asingle piece of material, preferably metal, of

substantiall y crescent shape in the blank, and bent upon itself to form the completed article, with prongs or points which hold the necktie in place. The holder has an-arched portion which just clears the collar-button, which serves to hold the holder from falling down.V

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear, and the novel features thereof will be specifically defined by the appended claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form apart of this specification, and in which-v Figure 1 is a plan View of the blank from which the holder is formed. Fig. 2 is an elevation showing the holder applied to a collar, the latter being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a cross-section through the line .ze of Fig. 2.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in all the views where they occur.

In carrying out my invention I stamp or otherwise form from a piece of sheet metal a blank of the form shown in Fig. l, which is substantially crescent-shaped, with a connecting portion d and prongs or points h. This blank is then bent upon the line o d, and then upon the line ef, bringing it into the shape shown in Fig.2. As shown in Fig. 3, there is a space left between the parallel portions for the reception of the collar, the said parallel portions being arched, as seen in Fig. 2, to provide ready access to the bntton-hole B o f the collar to button vthe same.

In practice the holder is applied either at the rear or front, the cross portion g being placed upon one side of the collar and the` ment of the necktie. The prongs may have pointed ends or they may be made square, as deemed best.

The holder may bev made as fanciful in appearance as may be desired. lt may be japanned, nickel-plated, or painted. Itis readily applied, and in practice has proved most efficient for the purpose for which it is intended.

What I c'laim as new is- 1. A blank for necktie-holdcrs, of crescent shape, with a curved connecting portion a joined with the ends of the body and curved oppositely to the main body of the blank, and prongs continued in the same general direction as the said main body, as set forth.

2. A necktie-holder formed of asingle piece of material and comprising archedparallel portions between which the collar is to be held, and prongs extending upon the outside of the holder to receive the band of the scarf, the bends of the prongs and arched portions being in opposite directions, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

EDVARI) C. SOHN.

. Witnesses: Y

ADDIE B. HARRIS, T. Swionn'r. 

